Tractate Chart/ Abbreviations

Babylonian Talmud - Tractate Chart with Divisions, Abbreviations, Tractates, and Subject Matter  

The chart below is arranged according to tractates (books) as they appear on the shelf. Use it to identify abbreviations* then locate the tractates on the shelf.

Talmud Abbreviations Talmud chart 2

* Some abbreviations are taken from The Mishnah: Translated from the Hebrew with Introduction and Brief Explanatory Notes by Herbert Danby, Oxford University Press.

1 To locate a division on the shelf, look for a corresponding section number (Sec.) in the call number.

2 There are variants in the abbreviations.

3 Each tractate is identified on the call number as a part ("Pt."). Shorter tractates may be combined in a volume; longer tractates may have more than one volume.